On Du, 01 ian 12, 17:50:28, Bob Proulx wrote:
>
> Logging in with xdm does not source the .profile and so it is not
> set. Right?
>
> I have worked around this problem in the past by putting environment
> variable settings such as EDITOR (but never PATH) in ~/.bashrc instead.
Another option that should work with any shell is
,----[ ~/.xsessionrc ]
| . ~/.profile
`----
(I think you need at least squeeze for this, check X changelogs/NEWS if
it matters).
Kind regards,
Andrei
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